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Frances d’Ath - 2008 AIR Residency_
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Frances d’Ath + the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing (CAS), Swinburne University
Established in 1998, the CAS is one of the largest astronomy research groups in Australia. With over 40 staff and students, the Centre’s astronomers are involved in research ranging from studying the formation of planets, testing Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, designing the next generation of radio telescopes, and mapping the large-scale structure of the Universe.
Frances d’Ath graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts School of Dance in 2001 and has since choreographed works for stage and film in Australia, Taiwan and Europe. She has been awarded residencies in Guangzhou and Taiwan and scholarships for study in both Vienna and Zurich.
Frances d’Ath used the residency to research and develop new choreographic systems derived from computer-based data visualisation. The residency culminated in a new performance for three dancers, Monadologie, presented in Melbourne in 2008.
